AI Job Atlas
AI & jobs · District in Sri Lanka

Jaffna

District LK-41 Largest city: Jaffna
24%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 19% (+4.6 pts).
MODEL2nd of 25 regions31.8K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationMODEL
≈348K
estimated from area
Share of national populationMODEL
1.6%
25th largest of 25
People in workMODEL
134K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
3.9%
national 2.9%
Area
992 km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Highly urban
72% live in major cities
Largest city
Jaffna
250K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

The Anthropic Economic Index does not publish usage for this region. Regions below a minimum number of sampled conversations are left out.

Sector mix

MODEL

Estimated share of jobs by sector, against the national mix.

Jaffna Sri Lanka
Manufacturing 18.3%
Retail & wholesale 17.2%
Construction 8.5%
Public admin 8.4%
Agriculture 7.3%
Transport & logistics 7.0%
Business services 6.4%
Education 6.1%
Other services 5.7%
Finance 5.3%
Hospitality 3.6%
Health & care 2.6%
ICT & software 2.3%
Utilities 0.9%
Mining 0.5%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Retail & wholesale 6,284 Public admin 4,451 Finance 3,661 Education 3,406 Manufacturing 3,133 Business services 2,453 Other services 1,486 Transport & logistics 1,463

Ranking in Sri Lanka

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 25 regions.

1Colombo 25% 2Jaffna 24% 3Galle 22% 4Kilinochchi 22% 5Kandy 22% 6Matara 22% 7Batticaloa 22%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Sri Lanka's real ILO sector employment across regions using population (Wikidata) and density: denser, capital-city regions get more finance, ICT and professional jobs, and rural regions more farming. Totals match national figures. AI usage figures are measured, not modelled. Methodology

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